Join us as we dive into Lance Erlick's mind-bending The Android Chronicles, where AI isn't just code—it has a heartbeat. Meet Synthia Cross, an android navigating a world that both fears and desires her power. This isn't your typical robots-gone-wild story—it's an intimate look at what happens when the lines between human and machine start to disappear. Released in 2018, this sci-fi trilogy feels like it was written tomorrow. What makes us human? When does code become consciousness? And what happens when our creations start asking the same questions we do? Subscribe now for a journey that will make you question everything you thought you knew about artificial intelligence—and maybe even yourself.

Sources:

• https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/article/362298
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39733154-unbound
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42271277-emergent
• https://www.overdrive.com/media/5299434/android-chronicles
• https://www.risingshadow.net/library/book/6251-reborn
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35762012-reborn
• https://lanceerlick.com/synthias-social-psychology-module/
• https://www.andrewreynolds.net/2018/05/10/review-android-chronicles-reborn/
• https://lanceerlick.com/humanlike-design-of-synthias-body/
• https://www.monash.edu/arts/school-of-languages-literatures-cultures-and-linguistics/our-research/research-clusters-and-groups/science-fiction/science-fiction-and-narrative-form

🎤 From small-town cartoonist to comic book legend! Dive into the incredible story of how Jeff Smith's quirky self-published comic Bone transformed from a black-and-white indie darling into a groundbreaking fantasy phenomenon. This is the tale of a comic that defied the odds, churning out 55 unforgettable issues over 13 years and securing its spot next to giants like Maus and Watchmen. Ready to discover how a little comic about three lost cousins became one of the most influential graphic novels of our time? Listen in! 🎧

Sources:

• https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/article/347249
• https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_(comics)
• https://www.cbr.com/bone-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-jeff-smiths-graphic-novel/
• https://www.cannonballread.com/bon-by-jeff-smith-gentlerain-book-review/
• https://bone.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_media
• https://www.hiphopdx.com/news/id.7033/title.bone-thugs-n-harmony-a-timeline-of-the-iconic-hip-hop-group
• https://tysonpease.com/2013/02/25/wattersmith-2-drawing-from-jeff-smith/
• https://www.nexttoread.com/bone-by-jeff-smith/
• https://www.looper.com/movies/jeff-smiths-bone-has-the-makings-of-an-animated-classic-heres-why/
• http://matthiasregan.org/back-to-the-bone-jeff-smiths-bone-comics/
• https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Bone
• https://geeksundergrace.com/culture/review-bone-series/

Step into a groundbreaking moment in comic book history! In 1986, Frank Miller unleashed The Dark Knight Returns and turned the superhero world upside down. Picture this: a gritty, dystopian Gotham where an older, battle-worn Bruce Wayne straps on the cape one last time. But this isn't your father's Batman story – it's a revolutionary tale that changed comics forever and eerily predicted today's debates about vigilante justice, media frenzy, and the price of power. Join us as we dive deep into the graphic novel that dared to ask: what happens when the Dark Knight grows old in a world that's only getting darker?

Sources:

• https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/article/326258
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Age_of_Comic_Books
• https://www.tcj.com/the-other-1980s-reframing-comics-crucial-decade/
• https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/02/26/dc-comics-101-discovering-the-dark-knight-returns
• https://journals.openedition.org/angles/6884
• https://sequart.org/magazine/15975/away-from-human-memory-editing-and-composition-in-frank-millers-the-dark-knight-returns/
• https://freebooknotes.com/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-summary-and-analysis/
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/44154026
• https://www.tcj.com/review-of-the-other-1980s-reframing-comics-crucial-decade/
• https://www.cbr.com/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-gritty-superhero-revival/
• https://slingandarrows.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/batman-the-dark-knight-returns/
• https://imagetext.english.ufl.edu/archives/484/80-89-comics-greatest-decade/
• https://www.cbr.com/dark-knight-returns-storytelling-landmark-cracks-show-35-years-later/
• https://www.cbr.com/essential-comic-book-series-1980s/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/07/20/the-cultural-impact-of-the-dark-knight-10-years-later/
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293810983_%27What_Do_You_Believe_In%27_Film_Scholarship_and_the_Cultural_Politics_of_the_Contemporary_Superhero_Blockbuster
• https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/07/art-people-how-comics-got-political
• https://www.cbr.com/how-to-understand-frank-millers-dark-knight-returns/
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476416670002

Habt ihr euch je gefragt, wie es sich anfühlt, in einer Welt zu leben, in der Superhelden über euren Köpfen schweben? Begleitet uns auf einer Reise durch Marvels, den revolutionären Comic, der das Superhelden-Genre komplett neu definiert hat. Durch die Kameralinse des Fotografen Phil Sheldon erleben wir das Marvel-Universum aus einer völlig neuen Perspektive – von der Straße aus, wo Götter unter Sterblichen wandeln. Kurt Busiek und Alex Ross' Meisterwerk ist nicht einfach nur eine weitere Superhelden-Geschichte; es ist eine atemberaubende Reise, die eure Sicht auf jeden Umhang und jede Maske für immer verändern wird. Fotorealistische Kunst trifft auf packende Erzählkunst in dieser bahnbrechenden Serie, die uns fragt: Was bedeutet es eigentlich, in einer Welt voller Wunder Mensch zu sein?

Quellen:

• https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/article/325557
• https://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/24133
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260666.Marvels
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-superheroes/201409/symbolic-power-among-marvels
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ross
• https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/the-soaring-superhero-art-of-alex-ross/
• https://screenrant.com/best-alex-ross-portraits-marvel-heroes-villains/
• https://www.looper.com/948471/comic-book-artist-alex-ross-talks-marvel-superheroes-his-new-dc-project-and-creating-timeless-art-exclusive/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comics_awards